Environmental Studies Research Series Working Papers 2002 Housing Conditions and Self-reported Health: a Cross-european Analysis
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It is now over 20 years since Townsend's seminal research on poverty in the UK which stressed, amongst other things, the importance of housing conditions as a potential causative factor in poor health. Since then, fuel poverty has been recognised by Government as a valid social problem affecting substantial portions of British households. The relationship between fuel poverty and poor housing conditions on health has been analysed to some extent in the UK, however there remains uncertainty about the relative importance of inadequate housing on human health. Furthermore, there has been virtually no published empirical research on housing and health elsewhere in Europe. This paper attempts to rectify this research deficit. It employs datasets from the European Community Household Panel to assess the impact of various 'consensual' indicators of housing deprivation on health status for 14 European countries. The research represents the first comparative assessment of housing conditions and health in Europe. The results demonstrate strong associations between poor self-reported health and indicators of inadequate housing, fuel poverty, low levels of affordability and dissatisfaction with housing, although there appears to be no clear relationship across Europe with regard to the effects of overcrowding on health.
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